Elena

the woman sees my interest and stops in front of the gate to my house this startles me as i was taught stranger danger like everybody else however the woman seemed okay and she had kids with her how bad could she be i was taught that if i was ever lost to find a policeman or another mom with kids so this mom couldn't be bad i wandered over to the gate oh no the woman asked me my name and asked if i lived there i said yes and looked to the other kids the older girl did not look at me one time

the woman sees my interest and stops in front of the gate to my house this startles me as i was taught stranger danger like everybody else however the woman seemed okay and she had kids with her how bad could she be i was taught that if i was ever lost to find a policeman or another mom with kids so this mom couldn't be bad i wandered over to the gate oh no the woman asked me my name and asked if i lived there i said yes and looked to the other kids the older girl did not look at me one time

This immediately threw up alarm bells in my head, even as a kid. So much so that I remember this encounter to this day. Oh, I'm so nervous. Yeah, something was wrong, and even my small child brain knew it. The woman then asked if I wanted to go play with my ball with her daughters. No. No. No. No. No.

This immediately threw up alarm bells in my head, even as a kid. So much so that I remember this encounter to this day. Oh, I'm so nervous. Yeah, something was wrong, and even my small child brain knew it. The woman then asked if I wanted to go play with my ball with her daughters. No. No. No. No. No.

i don't like this she's upset the plumb bob i don't like this at all no no no i'm mad maybe sensing my concern the woman asked if i wanted to set up a play date and asked if my parents were around she quickly looked over to me and around toward the house it was then thankfully that my mom rushed outside and yelled at me to get away from the fence yeah get the fuck away from her yeah

i don't like this she's upset the plumb bob i don't like this at all no no no i'm mad maybe sensing my concern the woman asked if i wanted to set up a play date and asked if my parents were around she quickly looked over to me and around toward the house it was then thankfully that my mom rushed outside and yelled at me to get away from the fence yeah get the fuck away from her yeah

Get away from that cuckoo lady. I backed away, releasing myself from the woman's grip, and ran to my mom. Without even another word, the woman and the girls quickly walked down the street, pushing the stroller out of sight, and I don't remember ever seeing them again. But the story's not over.

Get away from that cuckoo lady. I backed away, releasing myself from the woman's grip, and ran to my mom. Without even another word, the woman and the girls quickly walked down the street, pushing the stroller out of sight, and I don't remember ever seeing them again. But the story's not over.

I was going to say, if I was that mom, I think I would have like linebacker style tackled that woman to the ground. Honestly. What are your intentions?

I was going to say, if I was that mom, I think I would have like linebacker style tackled that woman to the ground. Honestly. What are your intentions?

Let's just say I got a very stern lecture from my mom about not talking to strangers that day and never played out front of that house unsupervised ever again. No. Flash to 2009. Now I'm in high school and I live across town from where I grew up. I see that on the news, a little girl kidnapped in 1991 was held captive but found on the outskirts of California.

Let's just say I got a very stern lecture from my mom about not talking to strangers that day and never played out front of that house unsupervised ever again. No. Flash to 2009. Now I'm in high school and I live across town from where I grew up. I see that on the news, a little girl kidnapped in 1991 was held captive but found on the outskirts of California.

What the fuck? Yeah. Yup. The woman I met that day, Nancy Garrido, I think it is. What the fuck? The kids I met, JC and her firstborn daughter, not her sister. I have... I'm without words. Without words. I'm without words. Can you imagine? No. And to know, one, to know that you, like, happened to have an experience where you, like, met her.

What the fuck? Yeah. Yup. The woman I met that day, Nancy Garrido, I think it is. What the fuck? The kids I met, JC and her firstborn daughter, not her sister. I have... I'm without words. Without words. I'm without words. Can you imagine? No. And to know, one, to know that you, like, happened to have an experience where you, like, met her.

And then, two, to realize that Nancy was trying to kidnap your ass, too. To add to the whole thing? Yeah. Oh, my God. And your mom is probably like, holy shit, that was just JC. Mm.

And then, two, to realize that Nancy was trying to kidnap your ass, too. To add to the whole thing? Yeah. Oh, my God. And your mom is probably like, holy shit, that was just JC. Mm.

yeah and your mom's like thank god i was paying attention yeah like mama ran out there and was like get the fuck off my property shit yeah i felt absolutely sick to my stomach to my fucking stomach watching the news this poor girl was trapped in hell my entire childhood only a few thousand feet from where i played and slept and lived every single day

yeah and your mom's like thank god i was paying attention yeah like mama ran out there and was like get the fuck off my property shit yeah i felt absolutely sick to my stomach to my fucking stomach watching the news this poor girl was trapped in hell my entire childhood only a few thousand feet from where i played and slept and lived every single day

wow my mom and i immediately looked up the address of where jc was found and saw that she was hidden only eight houses away from us on the corner the grief i felt that day was insurmountable knowing i saw her and i met her and her kidnapper as a child and never even knew it i can only guess now what might have happened to me if i had gone with that woman that day i'm so glad you didn't thank goodness

wow my mom and i immediately looked up the address of where jc was found and saw that she was hidden only eight houses away from us on the corner the grief i felt that day was insurmountable knowing i saw her and i met her and her kidnapper as a child and never even knew it i can only guess now what might have happened to me if i had gone with that woman that day i'm so glad you didn't thank goodness